VE (etc) Day Tasting - Weds 8 Sept 2021

[hadge]

are we bring emtpy bottles (if they have a label or not) and corks?

[nac]

are we bring emtpy bottles (if they have a label or not) and corks?

Your call really about the bottles... but, yes bring corks if available.

[Alex Bridgeman]

I’m bringing my bottle, my cork remnants and the carefully cut off capsule top.

[forest26]

S45 Just decanted | 12:45 | bottle top shoulder. Good col our nothing untoward at this stage. Fingers crossed !

Will decant back into bottle - have cork !

[hadge]

I’m bringing my bottle, my cork remnants and the carefully cut off capsule top.

I will do the same.

[nac]

Needed to sort out bottles slightly earlier than planned, so all decanted and back into bottles and vac-u-vined between 1300 and 1400.
All met QA standards and no issues apart from mildly challenging corks.

Sandeman 42 mid-shoulder, no obvious seepage but cork a bit loose under damaged wax
Ferreira 45 (well) into neck, some seepage under the foil capsule
Mackenzie 48 upper-mid shoulder, no seepage under wax
Tuke Holdsworth 47 very top shoulder, no seepage under wax

[winesecretary]

I have had a very 'exciting' week and will arrive, once my car gets here, with Dow 50 (level mid-shoulder) as yet unopened I am afraid (although I am also bringing my Durand). Please could you arrange for a decanter to be available? I am sorry to be making life difficult but work has been all-enveloping.

[winesecretary]

I am now going to be late, although, not very I hope. I am so sorry.

[jdaw1]

Links:

• Review of event as a whole;
• 20Y Ramos Pinto, bot. 1968;
• 1942 Fonseca Guimaraens;
• 1942 Sandeman;
• 1945 Sandeman;
• 1945 Ferreira;
• 1945 Martinez;
• 1945 Taylor;
• 1947 Tuke Holdsworth;
• 1948 Mackenzie;
• 1948 Taylor;
• 1950 Dow;
• 1940 Diez;
• Planning and arrangements;
• Placemats (in list of placemats);
• Placemat software issue 154, Boustrophedon flag in PackingStyles;
• Placemat software issue 155, Printer test, following failure of default value of TastingNotesColumnStrokeCode.